Norman M.
- Hemet, CA 92544 ( 39.1 mi )
- Expert English Tutor
- Male Age 80
- Member Since: 03/2014
- Will travel up to 15 miles
- Rates from $20.00 to $40.00 /hr
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My comments on tutoring English : SAT Reading Comprehension and Composition
In contrast to many of the other tutors, I would not presume to even imply that I could teach your student either math or English in a few hours of tutoring. What I can do is teach your student to be very 'test wise', teach them some easily applied techniques that will get them successfully past most of the math/geometry problems, teach them how to use the grading bias to score well on a less than stellar composition, and teach them how to find the 'key' to the reading comprehension questions.
I have been teaching the SAT for the past 12 years [part time]. For the first five years I was an classroom instructor for Studyworks, Inc. [competitor of Kaplan and Princeton]. When Studyworks left California, I continued by tutoring the brothers and sisters of my classroom students. I started in the teaching field by instructing Vietnamese how to speak English in French. I spent another ... read more